This Australian Menswear Brand Brings Tailoring Rigor To Cool, Casual Clothing

The list of Australian gifts to the world of menswear is not a long one, so it’s always interesting when a brand from Down Under generates some buzz among those in the occasionally snooty worlds of European and American style. Informale is one such brand. Menswear veteran Steve Calder’s relatively new RTW line (launched in 2018) is made up of the sort of pieces that would fit right into any warm-weather wardrobe: linen pants, Gurkha shorts, T-shirts. But what sets the brand apart is the debt it owes to more formal tailoring, a reference Calder makes explicit when he introduces the brand as “tailored casual wear.” Read more at Robb Report.